Skirt-support.



PATENT OFFICE.

UNITED STATES,

SKIRT-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

Application filed December 8, 1905- Serial Ila-290,926.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. HAWK, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Greensburg, in the county of Westmoreland-and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSkirtfiupports, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inskirt-supports, and the invention relates more particularly to a novelform of hanger or rack for supporting skirts and the like garments.

The invention has for its object to'provide a skirt-support which willbe extremely simple in construction, comparatively inexpensive tomanufacture, and practically indestructible.

Briefly described, I have constructed my improved skirt-supporterentirely of wire, which is 'bent to form two resilient arms adapted toengage a skirt, and intermediate of said arms is formed a hook-shapedmember, by which the support may be suspended from another hook or thelike fixture.

The above construction will be hereinafter more fully described indetail, and reference will now be had to the drawings accompanying thisapplication, wherein like numerals of reference designate correspondingparts throughout both views, in wh1ch Figure 1 is a front elevation ofmy improved skirt-support, illustrating a skirt in dotted lines; andFig. 2 is a bottom plan of the same.

To put my invention into practice, I employ a sin le piece of light anddurable wire, which is rst bent upon itself to form two strands, and theclosed end of the wire is thenbent to conform to a hook-shaped member 1.The strands 2 and 3 are then twisted, as at 4, to form a rigidstructure, and beyond the twisted portion the strands are slightlyseparatedand bent independent of one another. The strand 2 is bent toform a loop 1 and then is bent rearwardly, as at 7, to form a largerloop 5. The end of the strand is then bent upwardly at an angle to the'hookshaped member to form an arm 6, the extreme end of which is curvedinwardly to form a shoulder 8 and then outwardly, as at 9, to form aprong.

The strand of wire 3is bent to form a loop 4 and then is bent forward,as at 10, forming a large loop 11, which terminates in an arm 12, saidarm having a shoulder 14 and a prong 15, similar to the arm 6. Theformation of the loo s 5 and 11 provide the resilient arms 6 an 12, andin order to support a skirt upon the arms the ends of 'the waistband 16of the skirt are hooked or connected together at the placket of theskirt. The arms 6 and 12 are then pressed inwardly toward thehook-shaped member 1 and the skirt-support placed within the skirt, thearms 6 and 12 being permitted to assume their normal position in orderthat the shoulders 8 and 14 will engage the skirt, while the prongs 9and 15 will-extend over the upper edges of the waistband 16.

It will be observed from the foregoing that I have devised a novel formof inexpensive skirt-support which can be easily and uickly placed inengagement with a skirt or t e like garment to retain it in its naturalform and prevent it from becoming creased or sagging, as if it wassimply hung upon a hook or nai Such changes in the construction andoperation of my im roved skirt-support as are permissible by theappended claim may be resorted to without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to-secure by Letters Patent, is

A garment-support formed of a single piece of wire bent upon itself toform two strands, the closed end of the strand being twisted and, benton itself to form a hookshaped member, the'ends of the strands be- 0 lowthe twisted portion being bent to form small loops and one strand beingbent forwardly and upwardly and the other strand being bent rearwardlyand u wardly and each strand being again bent to orm a second 5 looplarger than the first-named loop, the said second loop of each strandbeing within the upwardly bent portion of the other strand and eachstrand terminating beyond the second loop in an angularly-disposed I00arm, the extreme ends of said arms being bent to form shoulders andprongs to support a garment, substantiall as described.

In testimony whereo I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ARTHUR H. IIAWK.

Witnesses:

J. J. L. EISAMAN, H. A. LARIMER.

